United African National Council

The United African National Council (UANC) was a liberal political party in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe that existed from 1979 to 1994. The UANC was led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, and it held power during the short-lived existence of the republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. In 1980, Robert Mugabe's socialist ZANU party defeated the UANC, and it won no seats in the 1985 and 1990 elections. The party was dissolved in 1994.